Book review: The Seasoned Traveler

The Seasoned Traveler by George Bauer
A Guide for Baby Boomers and Beyond

This book supposedly targets the senior crowd. I’d say this book could be written for just about anyone interested in travel. It does have some good older crowd tips, but I just think it’s a book designed to be the first to target the senior market.

Here are some good tips/websites.

Best Mature Traveler Websites:

www.adventuresabroad.com
www.50plusexpeditions.com
www.frommers.com
www.gct.com
www.smarterliving.com/senior
www.third.age.com/travel
www.travel.state.gov/olderamericans.html
www.vantagetravel.com
www.wiredseniors.com

What not to buy:

- all products made from sea turtles
- all ivory
- furs from spotted cats/marine mammals
- feathers/ feather products from wild birds
- live/stuffed birds from Australia, the Caribbean, several nations in Latin America
- most crocodile and cayman leather
- most coral

Voyages of Discovery

elderhostel
www.roadscholar.org
InterHostel
TraveLearn
Spiritual:
www.destinationseurope.com
EcoTouring
Garden Tours
Cooking/Eating Tours

The Author’s Favorite Places to Shop in Europe
Dublin
London
Brussels
Paris
Amsterdam
Rome
Prague
Vienna
Salzburg
Copenhagen

Why take volunteer vacations:
- caring for abused animals
- helping scientists with environmental research or other projects
- teaching English or other courses
- engaging in archaeological digs or restoring older structures
- helping at camps for special-needs children
- building infrastructure in impoverished communities
- constructing homes for the homeless
- providing health services in rural regions
- caring for orphaned or abandoned children
- helping a family farm continue to operate
- clearing trails into wilderness

Volunteer Vacations Providers

Earthwatch Institute
Global Ventures
Cross-Cultural Solutions
Sierra Club
American Hiking Society
Travel with a Challenge
www.li-feline.com
www.i-to-i.com
Volunteers for Peace: www.vfp.com
www.orangutan.com
Archaeological Institute of America: www.archaeological.org
www.amizade.org
www.ophanage-outreach.org
www.globalcitizens.org
www.oceanic-society.org
www.conservancy.bc.ca
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/volunteers
www.seniorcorps.org

Top places in America (by state) – not the subject of this blog

Top places in Canada – not the subject of this blog

Top Places in Mexico - not the subject of this blog

The author’s Top Places in Europe

Norwegian Fjords
Cote d'Azur
Yorkshire Dales
Tuscany
The Swiss Alps
Prague
Athens
Scottish Isles
Paris

One of the Author’s Trips to Europe - Six Countries in 16 days:

- London; Paris; Nice; Lucerne; Pisa; Rome; Sorrento; Naples; Florence; Venice; Salzburg; the Rhine